breaking news. pope emeritus benedict xvi has died. the vatican shared the news a short time ago saying that more information would be provided as soon as possible. the 95-year-old former pontiff has been in declining health. in 2013, he retired as poem, becoming the first leader of the catholic church to do so in nearly 600 dc years. benedict xvi was a divisive figure during his relatively brief reign as pope but his impact on the church was lasting. cnn's delia gallagher has more on his life and legacy. >> reporter: in many respects, benedict xvi was the pope who got a bad rap. nearly 24 years as pope john paul ii eternal enforcer and the

german chancellor lived in the shadows of hitler's regime, referred as god's rottweiler. years caused him to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world with zero carbon footprint. putting solar panels on its rooftops and bringing in electric mobiles including a popemobile. he was the pope when sex scandals came to light and he spearheaded towards a zero tolerance policy. it was too little too late for some but cardinal ratzinger who ordered the response to the scandal including a special downstairs handle cases extending and in some cases eliminating the statute of limitations for victims and as pope apologizing. >> i am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims

have endured. and i assure them as their pastor i do share in their suffering. >> reporter: one of his first acts after being elected pope was to condemn a popular church figure for sex abuse. something that had not happened sooner because of masseyal's with section addition. however after his retirement, he suffered a reputational blow when a church report said he knew allegations and refused to act against a pedophile priest when he was archbishop some mun initial 40 years ago, benedict denied that. and the first pope to resign showing was unafraid of bucking the biggest tradition of all that a pope doesn't step down.

true to form, he made the historic announcement in latin, saying he lacked the strength of mind and body to continue as pope. but this tough traditionalist was also a softy, he loved cats, chico and contecino were a few. and pope benedict was a powering figure one of the last to have extended the church vatican ii in the 1960s. he authored hundreds of books and articles and was as much a hero for conservatives as much as a conservationist to others and 2006 which saying was misinterpreted sparked protests against the pope from some in the muslim world. his resignation introduced the biggest change of them all. an era of two living popes.

although he vowed to retire to a life dedicated to prayer at a monastery inside the vatican, the pope emeritus continues to exert you there during the france papacy, weighing on sexual abuse and celibacy, authoring books and articles well into his 90s. he had retired as pope but not as a major player in the catholic church, an influence likely to continue even after his death. >> let's bring in cnn contributor barbie nadeau in rome. and we're seeing live pictures from the vatican actually right now. barbie, have we heard from pope francis, did he announce benedict's death? >> reporter: you know, there's a series of protocols that have to take place in announcing the death of a pope, even a retired pope, they go through a process, the death has to be verified. so there is a plan to make a

comment sometime later. right now, in st. peter's square, and it's filling up with people who just heard the news. we expect the bells of st. peter will ring. there's a lot of mixed feelings about this open, as delia said. s this pope had a difficult papacy. there's a lot of prayers being offered up and the procedure that happens next is a fine-tuned machine that the vatican knows exactly what to do. they'll be pomp and circumstance, even for this retired pope. but we're expect something words from pope francis sometime later, i think. >> and emeritus pope benedict, had was frail for some time. >> reporter: that's right, you know, he retired nearly ten years ago, because he said he was too frail unin body and min. so, he has about a present figure in these ten years.

he's been living in a monastery, he's been writing, giving interviews but he was still a pope until they except his resignation. he was very well loved in a conservative aspect of the church. >> and barbie, i remember the last funeral which was the funeral of john paul ii, and it was impressive. do we expect something similar to that? >> reporter: i don't think that we'll have that kind of outpouring. you know, this is a retired pope. and, you know, after pope francis, there's a protocol in that, too. there will be a very public outpouring. he will lie in state. but we don't know exactly what that looks like right now. this is without precedent in many ways because he is a retired pope. but the vatican, the holy see

will do whatever they can to pay their respects. this will allow the catholics to celebrate his life and death. >> and, barbie, do we know what the relationship was like between the emeritus pope and pope francis. >> reporter: you know, they visited each other often, pope francis would visit him inside the walls of the vatican city. they had, you know, on the surface, a very friendly and cordial relationship. even though they're politics are very, very different. and their followers, the people who loved this pope, didn't necessarily love pope benedict and vice versa. but they were, certainly in the public sphere, they looked to be very, very close and very frifriend friendly two men of god. >> it is quite interesting.

it's a contrast of personalities, almost. >> reporter: no, it is very much. you see that in the people that follow them. you see that in the people who respect and speak about, at least on social media, those who follow pope benedict, and those shoo follow more pope francis. there's very diverse styles but this is a very diverse part of the world as well. their experiences are different. their catholic upcoming is different as well. >> and, barbie, just remind us again, it was really unprecedented, that moment when pope benedict announced i want to retire. i mean that hadn't happened before. >> reporter: right, 600 years was the last time a pope retired. and when he retired nobody could believe it. there was this moment of shock and nobody knew what to do without the funeral. there was the concave without

the funeral. and then these moments were celebrated, very different, for vat chance of the catholic church. >> barbie nadeau, thank you very much for filling us in on this breaking story. we'll catch up with you in a little bit. thank you for now. and i'd like to welcome now michael kelly, he's the editor of the "irish-catholic" and a column consist for "the irish independent." welcome, sir. let me get your reaction to the news of the death of emeritus pope benedict? >> this was expected for a while when you got a little more gravity on wednesday when pope francis announced that benedict was gravely ill. for a side moment, this was a man at the church for almost 80 years, who has done what was asked him right from the beginning. even when elected pope 2005,

that was two years after he retired from his previous job. he had hoped to go back to his country of germany to read his books and play this piano when in 2008, they had the huge responsibility of papacy thrust upon him. first of all, for his work for his work. you can't please everyone as pope. pope benedict xvi certainly didn't. he was pope emeritus longer than open. he was pope eight years. that's a relatively shorten newer in the job. at that time, when he stepped out in 2013, saying he felt too frail of mind and body. i think many people expected that his death would have come sooner than it did. it's been ten years as emeritus pope. that has set in place probably a new trend. i think we will see in the future, other popes resign.

but that -- once we consider it to be a role for life, i think that will no longer be the case. >> indeed. i mean, he definitely -- he broke that taboo. what defined his comparatively short papacy? >> i would say his theological teaching. he was above all most comfortable and happiest when he was in that theater. one of the features of his summer vacation which would seem unusual for those of us who just enjoy our vacations of time to relax, he used to like to go to north of italy and he would hold these open forums. he would invite people along and they could ask him questions, and they would discuss things philosophically. in theology, around the world,

sem inary seminaries, where they're r reading and the 2000 years of christian teaching, when the personal religious feeling in the literature. he wrote a book called jesus of nazareth. he wrote them as pope but published them as joseph ratzinger. he said he wanted people to be free, to disagree with him and not to feel they had the authority of the papacy. one of the things about the man of such learning he said if you boil everything down to the core of christianity, it's nothing more than a friendship with god. he tried to indicate that in a pastoral sense as well. obviously, that's difficult when you're trying to speak to 1.3 billion catholics with all of the width of that office. i think he enjoyed that personal side of it as well, in helping

people to deepen a relationship with god. >> now, michael, benedict, of course, succeeded the widely popular john paul ii who led for 27 years. that was a really tough act to follow. >> that was hugely difficult. i mean, the comparisons from the beginning were obvious. john paul ii by nature was an extrovert. he loved people. he loved to travel. he often spoke about his need to get out of the vatican to be close to people. even the assassination attempt of him on the early 1980s when the security people said, look, holy father, we need not only to transport you in bulletproof vehicles, you need to be really distant to the people. he said, no, i must always be close to the people. you do your job. benedict xvi in contrast was a shy, more introverted person.

a more bookie person, not the same kind of character of john paul ii who loved interacting with people, who loved joking with people, who loved playing around with people. to me, one of the elements of that was expressed the best, it was that if you looked back to that footage of 1978 when he was elected to become john paul ii, the moment he was on the balcony and thousands of people in the square, he physically moves forward to be closer to the people. in contrast in 2005 when joseph ratzinger was elected, you can see he hears the cheer from the crowd, he actually takes a step back. in that moment that characterized the differences between them. it was always going to be tough to follow john paul ii. even those critical of john paul ii, they saw because of his very public suffering and public sickness, and the way he

embraced that. so it was very, very difficult for cardinal ratzinger to follow him. in a way, i think his election in 2005 was probably because the cardinals wanted some kind of continuity from john paul ii. and ratzinger was seen as the man who was closest to the polish pope. and certainly, they got country not in that. >> michael, how will the pope emeritus be remembered? how will you remember him? >> when i worked in the vatican, i met him quite a number of times. i mean, we weren't friends or anything like that. i wouldn't like to exaggerate it. but i remember personally someone who was very formal. i remember him as someone who felt burdened by the papacy. i think he might be the first time to admit that administration wasn't his natural ability, taking on the role in such an advanced age. 70 years of age when almost everyone else in the world is well retired is immensely

difficult. i think he felt the burden of that very much. obviously, the tsunami, if we can call it that of sexual abuse really exploded on his watch. and as delia gallagher said in her package there, he really struggled to push this zero tolerance policy. against people in the church, against very powerful voices sometimes, who they didn't want him to bring about those reforms. they didn't want the cooperation with civil authorities that he saw as very necessary in punishing these crimes of sexual abuse of priests. i think his overwhelming legacy in time will probably be as a great teacher. sometimes, you have popes who, for example, like pope francis -- someone like john paul ii who is extremely charismatic, who reached out to the ends of the earth, who traveled more than all of the popes before him put together.

someone like benedict xvi i think will be remembered above all as a teacher. someone who has left an immense body of work behind. someone of which will be read in theological factories for centuries to come. there's no question about that. and i expect in time, he is someone who will be declared a doctor of the church. that's a very rare title that's been provided on eminent people in the church. i think he'll be remembered for that. i also think he'll be remembered for the humility that it took in 2013 to resign the papacy. because that really was a thing of taboo at the time. that was really a moment when everyone said, no, popes have to live right up to the end. they have to be pope until the moment of their death. whereas, he said, i wasn't able to do this anymore. and i want someone different to take over. >> and now, michael, you just mentioned that, he to become doctor of the church posthumously. how does he compare to pope francis?

>> i think they have very different approaches. pope francis is someone who, quite frankly, if we look back to when he was elected in 2013, the vatican was mired in controversy. the scandal, pope benedict's own butler was in prison from having stolen private documents from the pope's study. all around the world, people were shaking their heads about financial scandals in the vatican. financial crimes. the vatican's atm machines didn't work for about two weeks in 2013 because they were suspended over concerns of money laundering. that's something for catholics all.world to look at that and see it as corruption. but pope francis was very much elected on that basis. he was elected as someone who was very humble. he was also elected as someone

who would try to find a new way to engage with a world which in many way, values are very d divergent to the values of the catholic church. people like to say that pope benedict was a conservative, pope francis say liberal. i meeran, that works in a certa black and white sense but it doesn't really work. pope francis was not somebody that was a liberal, you don't become pope of the catholic church if you're a liberal. pope francis has held the same teachings as pope benedict has. i think he's tried to change the mood music. he's tried to speak more of mercy. he's tried to speak more about the church accommodating people. he's tried to speak more about, yes, the rules are important, but actually people are more important than the rules of the church. the primary responsibility to be this agent of love and compassion and mercy in the

world for people, rather than this rigid doctrineer or organization that would people would try to mold into pope francis. and he recently used that term, he said the catholic church needs to widen and be a place where everyone can feel included. i think people do feel that with pope francis. they do feel that even certain rules are not changing or remaining steadfast, that they feel more included. they feel warmer. and i think francis is also someone who is much more comfortable on the margins of society. i mean, we see that beautiful tradition, every holy thursday and holy week, where he visits the prison. he washes the feet of the prisoners. and he kisses their feet. you can see many of these prisoners are moved to tears. because perhaps this is the first time in their life they've been shown any compassion. they've been shown any love, and they've been shown that love by the pope. so, i think those are powerful

symbols. >> michael kelly, thank you so much for joining us. >> sure. and you're watching live pictures there from the vatican. breaking news this hour. pope emeritus pope benedict has died. we'll have more after a short break. ♪ etergent's fragrance disappears in the dryer? downy in-wash scent boosters survive the washer & dryerer for freshnesss that lasts 6 times longer than detergent alone. release freshness with every t touch... with downy in-wash scent boboosters.

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can take one to four days to fully work. pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news, we are following for you this hour. pope emeritus benedict xvi has died. the vatican shared the news a short time ago, saying that more information would be provided as soon as possible. the 95-year-old former pontiff has been in declining health in 2013. he retired as pope, becoming the first leader of the catholic church to do so in nearly 600 years. i'm joined now by father thomas reese, a senior analyst at religious news service. and the author of "inside the vatican." and, father, if i can just get your reaction first of this development. >> well, it's a sad day for the

church, and yet, it's also a day we celebrate the life of pope benedict, and in my mind, he's in heaven now. for his dedicated life of service and holiness to the church. so, it's both a sad day and a day that we, as a church, will celebrate. >> and talk to us a little bit about the next steps. i mean, there is a protocol, is there a program of, you know, what happens in the next couple of hours, in the next couple of days? >> well, the first thing we have to do is look and see whether he left any instructions on what kind of a funeral he wants. but, the funeral will probably take place within the next week. time will be given so that cardinals and other world leaders around the world, will have time to get to rome. for his funeral. it will take place in st. peter's, either inside the church or outside of st. peter's

square. his casket, undoubtedly, will have a copy of the bible on top of it because he was a man of -- he was a minister of the world. and the scripture was very important to his life. something that inspired him, and something is that he constantly went back to in his preaching. >> and cow tell us a little bit about kind of the traditions, obviously, we're waiting to see what his final wishes were in terms of his funeral. are we expected to hear from pope francis? will he be making a statement? >> oh, i'm certain that he will. you know, pope francis was, of course, the first one to announce that the pope was really very sick and really on his -- at the end of his life, so, i'm sure that we will hear from pope francis. certainly, pope francis will be

the principal celebrant of his funeral. and along with -- you know, with cardinals who are going to be coming to rome for the funeral. >> well, back in april 19th, 2005, he was elected the pope. he succeeded john paul ii. cardinals chosen from among their own ranks. but his papacy was very short. very brief, comparatively. >> yes, well, of course, he was not a young man when he was elected. john paul ii was a very young man which he was elected. so he reigned as pope for a long time. pope benedict was elected as someone who would continue the policies of john paul ii. they had worked hand in glove during the papacy of john paul

ii. were on the same page in terms of church teaching and doctrine and church practice. so, we didn't see a lot of change under john paul ii -- or under pope benedict. what we did see was -- was continuity, with the policies of pope john paul ii. >> continuity, but some feel that he was more conservative. >> well, both popes were very conservative, when it came to church practice, church doctrine. on the other hand, both popes were very liberal when it came to issues of concerns of the poor and social justice. and one of the initiatives that pope benedict took was being concerned about the environment. it was during his papacy that solar panels were placed on the roof of the vatican.

so, it was issues of justice, peace and the environment, pope benedict was probably more liberal than most american politicians. but when it came to sexual morality and gender issues, who can be ordained and who can't be ordained in the catholic church, he maintained a status quo. >> he maintained the status quo. now, unfortunately, of course, the catholic church, during his reign was also struggling with scandals. how did he manage that? >> well, the catholic church, sadly, has been involved in both financial scandals and sexual scandals. he took the first steps in cleaning up the finances of the vatican by subjecting it to outside review by an international agency called

moneyvol which reviewed the vatican finances, especially the bank, and really held them to cleaning it up. but it was the sex abuse crisis, of course, which so prominently existed during his papacy. even before he became pope as cardinal, pope john paul ii put him in charge of the sex abuse crisis, luckily. because he was the first cardinal in the vatican to really take it seriously. and as the head of the congregation for doctrine of the faith, he processed hundreds of priests out of the priesthood. he basically kicked them out and said there what no room for anyone -- any priest in the church who would abuse children. sadly, what he did not do is take the next step is dealing

with the bishops who did not do their job, who did not control these priests, who moved them from parish to parish, even though they knew they were abusers. that is something that pope francis is now dealing with. >> do you think that he was burdened by that? that that also contributed to him stepping down? >> well, certainly, it's a huge burden. he had to read those files from -- that came from diocese all over the world, especially at that time from united states and europe. and talk about getting depressed. you know, just knowing that the -- the shock of knowing that priests were involved in this kind of abuse and then understanding how harmful that was to church. and how the pain of it continued during their entire lives. but, you know, he took charge.

he reviewed the cases. and when he saw that the facts were there, he said, okay, they got to go. and thank god that he did that. >> father reese, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. and breaking news this hour, pope emeritus pope benedict has died. we'll have more after a short break. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the tightness, stinging... the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin a16 weeks.

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this is cnn breaking news. breaking news, we're following for you this hour, pope emeritus benedict xvi has died. the vatican shared the news a

short time ago, saying that more information would be provided as soon as possible. the 95-year-old former pontiff had been in declining health. in 2013, he retired as pope, becoming the first leader of the catholic church to do so in nearly 600 years. cnn senior vatican analyst john allen joins me now live from rome. let me get your reaction, first, john, to this news. >> well, laila, it's a very bittersweet day, on the one hand, the catholic church, the world, has lost a titan today. pope benedict xvi was arguably one of the great three, four, five great theological minds, catholic minds of the century. he was a man that stood at the

intersection of every issue in the catholic church for a half century. you know, on a personal level, because i had the opportunity to get to know him fairly well when he was the vatican's doctoral czar for years and covering the first years of his papacy, personally, i can say, he was an incredibly kind, gentle, humble, self-effacing figure, who always made you feel like you were the center of his attention when you were in his presence. so very sad. on the other hand, benedict xvi was a true christian believer who was firmly convinced when he died he was going home. from that point of view, it's a day to celebrate his life, if you are a believer, his eternal life. >> how will he be remembered? because people have very strong feelings when it comes to the pope emeritus. i understand that, for conservative catholics, he's a

hero. but for those who were looking for change within the church, they feel differently. >> yeah. laila, you know, a papeope a lo like a prime minister or president, the legacy is in the eye of the behold are. you're right, for traditional catholics, they will remember benedict xvi as a here ro as a champion of teaching of runaway secularization and however, more liberal catholics would see him as an unfortunate figure. they would say he tried to slow down or stop reforms in the life of the church that were intended by the second vatican council in the mid1960s. but they would say are only really reaching fruition now under the papacy of pope

francis. many survivors of clerical sexual abuse will remember pope benedict in their eyes as the public face of the church's denial and cover-up. but others, however, will remember him as the pope who initiated a process of reform. so, look, it is a complex business, trying to figure out, how he is going to go down in history as pope. my suspicion is, if you want a sound bite, he will go down as a great teaching pope and a very mixed bag, as a governing pope. >> how will worshippers mark his death? >> well, of course, we're waiting still to figure out the details from the vatican as to exactly how they're planning to mark his passing. they're going to be holding a press conference in about 20 minutes, and we should know more. but i think around the world, what you are going to see is that in catholic parishes in shl

shshrines, places of worship around the world, mass tomorrow, let us remember, this is saturday, tomorrow is not only new year's day but it's sunday. catholics all around the world will be going to mass tomorrow. i'm quite certain at the top of the list, their prayer intentions tomorrow will be the repose of the soul of benedict xvi. beyond that, i think in the days to come, we will see a kind of avalanche of tributes and commentary and retrospectives on pope benedict. and i think, you know, the truth of it is, that even though he was in some ways a very unlucky figure, i mean, he was sandwiched between two celebrity popes, john paul ii and pope francis. nevertheless, i think there was something in the catholic soul that feels that precisely because he had some bad luck in terms of his public perception, in terms of his storms that erupted on his watch, i suspect catholics will feel all the more

tenderly towards him now, in the mood of his passing, because he did have such a rough time during his eight years in office. >> john allen in rome, thank you so much. and breaking news this hour, pope emeritus benedict has died. we'll have much more after a short break. ♪ then own it support your immune system withth a potent blend of nutrients and ememerge your best every day with emergen-c

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♪ this is cnn breaking news. breaking news that we're following for you this hour, pope emeritus benedict xvi has died. the vatican shared the news a short time ago, saying that more information would be provided as soon as possible. the 95-year-old former pontiff has been in declining health in 2013. he retired as pope, becoming the first leader of the catholic church to do so.

in nearly 600 years. i want to go now to cnn contributor barbie nadeau in rome. barbie, i can tell that you're standing at st. peter's square. is news trickling down of the pope emeritus' death? >> reporter: yeah. no, people are starting to gather, people are starting to come here in rome. this is something that romans do when a pope dies. they come to st. peter's square and pray for him. the death bells ring and summons people for this mourning period. we will be hearing a little more information about the logistics of this. this is, of course, unprecedented. this is a retired pope. it probably wouldn't have the same pomp and circumstance that you would see as a sitting pope died. this is a death without the con conclave. when he retired we had the conclave without the funeral. impressive as that might be, there won't be the white smoke

and those circumstances. we are seeing more and more people pile in, they closed off the square for security. we've got people milling about here. i suspect you'll see people filling this square all day long, especially from here on. and we'll expect to see a lot of people from germany come. a lot of people that followed him, believed in him and respected his reign as pope. he, of course, retired ten years ago, he retired because he said he was too frail of mind and body, a lot of people, you can't say this is a shocking death, but for a lot of people it is kind of unexpected. because he just seemed to be there forever. he's been living inside vatican city inside a monastery converted for him. he was visited regularly by pope francis during his time there. he would write, give interviews, we were told by the vatican he participated in holy mass yesterday afternoon. so, his death really isn't a

shock. he's 95 years old. but, you know, the vatican will definitely, you know, follow the protocols that go in place here. to celebrate the life of a pope that he was pope for only eight years before he resigned, but nonetheless, he made his mark in the catholic church. laila. >> and so it is customary, i understand, that the pope -- pope emeritus, in this case, he has a plan already worked out of how he wants the funeral to take place? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, you know, in about 15 minutes here in rome, they're going to be holding a press conference and giving all of the logistics of what this is going to look like. but this has been in place probably since he was elected. and then changed a little bit when he retired. the vatican will respect -- he's not as not a sitting pope, it's going to be different than a sitting pope. the vatican isn't involved as his own household is, in terms

of how they go forward with the plans but he made his wishes known. he spoke a lot in his final years about dying, about going to heaven. about the end of his life. so, we can be sure that he's very, very much involved in what his funeral and what the readings will be and the psalms and all of that. he was very much involved in all of that, barbie. >> and as you saw, we saw live pictures of reporters in a press conference room so i'm going to let you go, we'll catch up with you later. barbie nadeau reporting live from st. peter's square, thank you so much. and the president of the european parliament has respected to the death, she tweeted that she's saddened to learn of the demise of his holiness. she said, quote, europe mourns him, may he rest in peace. and we'll be right back.

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this is cnn breaking news. breaking news we're following this hour, pope emeritus benedict xvi has died. the vatican shared the news a short time ago saying that more information would be provided as soon as possible. the 95-year-old former pontiff has been in declining health. in 2013, he retired as pope becoming the first leader of the catholic church to do so in nearly 600 years. and the world of journalism is mourning the death of one of its pioneers. barbara walters is the most beloved and admires of the 20th century has died. she burst into the world at first female reporter. became the first woman to anchor an evening news program in the u.s. and she never looked back, blazing a decades-long trail of

a world-renowned interview arer of the famous and powerful. in her final years she was the sharp and witty creator and co-host of the talk show "the view" before retiring. she inspired generations of young women to pursue journalism. she spoke about that at her retirement. >> no offense to you guys out there but if i have a legacy, and i've said this before, and i mean tell so sincerely, i hope i played a small role in paving the way for so many of you fabulous women who are here tonight. i cannot tell you how much pleasure it gives me when some young woman comes up to me and tells me of her genius. that's my legacy. >> former news anchor connie chung said walters was more than a mentor and role model for her. take a listen.

>> barbara walters was always way ahead of all the rest of us. she was really one of the first. and, or the first, you know. she made a mark and paved the way for the rest of us. we would not that chung younger than she was, but she would mom us. i would say, barbara, you can't mom me, you're not old enough to be my mother. but she really did mom me a lot. and i so appreciated her tender loving care. >> well, walters' spokesperson said she passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by loved ones. she was 93. our other top story, rather, police have arrested a suspect in last month's killings of four university of idaho students in the off-campus home. prosecutors have charged 28-year-old brian koberger was

four counts of murder. he was a graduate student at washington state university, less than ten miles from where the attack took place. authorities narrowed their focus to him after tracing a white hyundai alant ra back to them. and used a dna database to match his dna with genetic evidence. that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm laila harrak. "cnn this mornining" is next w more coverage of pope benedict. . pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast.